Siaya Senator James Orengo and Martin Shikuku (far right) during a Saba saba rally. He’s taken on the mighty and powerful in politics and in government, and even headed a national political party. The MPs were Orengo, Abuya Abuya, Onyango Midika, Mwashengu wa Mwachofi, Lawrence Sifuna, Chibule wa Tsuma, Koigi Wamwere. Yet even with all his fiery attacks on fellow politicians, Orengo always avoided antagonising Kibaki — the person who allowed him to work as a Cabinet Minister. Perhaps this explains why, during the back-and-forth negotiations between the then Opposition leader Raila Odinga and Kibaki while cobbling together the Government of National Unity, Kibaki agreed that Orengo should take up the Ministry of Lands and Settlement.

Source: Standard Digital May 22, 2021 14:10 UTC